::RECAP:: RED BULL | Emsee
Photos by Nocturnal Charm & Kareem Black
Earlier this week we attended an extraordinary Red Bull event, Red Bull Emsee 2011. This event was an invitation only freestyle battle hosted by The Trill OG: Bun B and judged by Joe Budden, Big K.R.I.T, and my personal favorite of all time Devin The Dude. With Tunes by DJ Alize.
Let me just say that Red Bull hit it out of the park with the production of the DC event. From the graphics, stage setting, and organization, everything was thought out and refined. Now the battle participants are another story...Im not sure who was in charge of the invitations but at least half of the 8 contestants were wack..yeah WACK. But the event as a whole was great, it was 8 Mile DMV style.
But let me give a glimpse of the night:
DJ Alize opened the show for a good hour with a phenomenal mix of hip hop and rap (yeah people, there is a difference). From Biggie to Jay-Z, Bone Thugs In Harmony and Easy E to 2 Pac, Wu Tang (which he only played like one bar of "Triumph"...c'mon son you cant do that! ), Dom Kennedy, Pac Div, 8 Ball & MJG, Dr. Dre, Pharcyde, Talib Kweli, DC hometown heros Gods'illa & Phil Ade, and even some go-go where he had the whole crowd crooning "Keep It Gangsta"....phenomenal mix.
Then we were greeted by Bun B who actually made a very engaging host who wasnt afraid to regulate the at times unruly crowd. After the judges were introduced we finally met the battlers- Flex Matthews, Awthentik, Ice Villain, D'Meitz, Trigga Tay, Adversary, Grande Marshall, and Pro'Verb.
The first round rappers went head to head and had to include visual cues in their freestyle and this is when the wackness came out. I think at time there were more boos than cheers as we listened to the words these dudes put together. *Side note* where the heck were the female "emsees"?
The rightful winners went to the next round that included specific words that were to be placed in their rhymes. My favorites of the night included finalist Adversary & winner D'Meitz.
In between rounds we were treated to performances by the judges. Devin The Dude live made my week!
The event was filmed and there was mention of it being on tv but the details are fuzzy but we will keep you updated!
In the meantime check out the photos of the crowd from Nocturnal Charm below and HERE.
1 comments:
Hey, I have a question. There was a cool song that DJ Alizay played before the show started. I think it was a southern hip-hop song with a lot of base. I tried to Sound Hound it that night, but it wasn't in their database. Some of the lyrics I kept hearing in the song were....."Them hoes taken by doe, that's so ridiculous".....The chorus would repeat the word "ridiculous in the song. Anyone happen to know the name of it?
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